No one knows more about the effects of hearing loss on a person's life than Hearing Specialist, Frances Newman. You see Frances has had progressive hearing loss beginning early in her life. Her hearing diminished gradually over the years, and like many facing hearing loss, she was reluctant to acknowledge there was a problem until it was undeniable. She struggled to hear a conversation even in quiet settings and felt isolated as she began to avoid social settings where she could not hear well enough to participate in conversations. With reluctance, Frances decided to look into hearing aids, and that decision changed her life in more ways than she could imagine. “As most women concerned with appearance, I cringed at the thought of wearing the clunky old-style hearing aids I had seen in the past,” says Ms. Newman. “I'll never forget what it was like the first time I put in my hearing aids. It was like someone turned on a switch in my life, and thanks to new technology, no one would know I was wearing hearing aids unless I told them.”